Finally the boat is in the Atlantic!

2007-11-15 23:28 by jens in Preparation

Today the boat finally touched the water of the Atlantic Ocean. Everything is rigged, stored and fixed. The Landcruiser has got a new home at a used car dealer. For 120 euro we have parked the car at the dealers yard. With some luck he has not sold the car when we get back.

 

Luis saves us!

2007-11-13 20:40 by jens in Preparation

We recovered pretty fast after realizing that Pimenta Shipyard no longer existed. Instead we roamed around Lagos asking if there was any one that knew where you could park a boat for a few days. We found Luis among the old fishing boats. He had been married to a Swedish girl and lived in Östersund, Sweden for one winter before realizing that Sweden is a cold and dark place and fled back to Portugal. With the help of Luis we found a spot by the old fishing boats for our J80.

Now all that's left are some final preparations before we can put the boat back into the water and sail away for the canaries.